I'm about to try something a bit different- a small pond made from polystyrene insulation foam sheets with a ferrocement skin.
I'm hoping it will be a fairly easy build, and result in strong, lightweight and clean looking, little above-ground pond.
I haven't made anything out of polystyrene or ferrocement before, so if anyone has any tips and advice from experience that would be cool.
Otherwise I'll just rip into it and hope for the best.
This is my mark II hot wire cutter
Its made from an old drafting machine and scrap timber. It can slide on the x and y axis's and has a 600mm overhang. I still have to attach the wire and power supply, plus build a big base that it will clamp onto.
The foam sheets that I need to cut up are 2400x1200x40mm, so I need a big rig to slice it up easily and cleanly.
I'm hoping it will be a fairly easy build, and result in strong, lightweight and clean looking, little above-ground pond.
I haven't made anything out of polystyrene or ferrocement before, so if anyone has any tips and advice from experience that would be cool.
Otherwise I'll just rip into it and hope for the best.
This is my mark II hot wire cutter
Its made from an old drafting machine and scrap timber. It can slide on the x and y axis's and has a 600mm overhang. I still have to attach the wire and power supply, plus build a big base that it will clamp onto.
The foam sheets that I need to cut up are 2400x1200x40mm, so I need a big rig to slice it up easily and cleanly.